321ACTION: January 13, 2025
As we approach Inauguration Day on January 20, Senate committees are gearing up to hold confirmation hearings for Trump nominees for key Cabinet and agency positions, with a goal of confirming nominees to top positions shortly after he takes office.
The House and Senate continue to negotiate the process by which Congress will enact the President-Elect’s top fiscal priorities through reconciliation. And Congress is voting on harmful bills to further marginalize immigrants and trans people, which is expected to be a theme over the next two years.
Ready to make a difference?
Here are three ways to get started:
3. Protect immigrant victims and survivors of gender-based violence
The Senate is expected to vote on the Laken Riley Act this week. While the bill sponsors claim this bill will protect women, in fact, the opposite is true. This bill would give domestic abusers and traffickers a powerful new tool with which to target immigrant victims and survivors. Click here to learn more and to automatically email your Senators to urge them to vote no on this harmful bill.
To learn more about some of the root causes of immigration and the role American guns play in contributing to violence in communities across the globe, register here to join the Forum on Arms Trade on January 16 for a webinar, U.S. Border: Understanding the Guns and Immigration Link in 2025.
2. Help L.A. Rebuild
As wildfires rage in California, JWI is raising funds to support our Los Angeles Young Women’s Impact Network members, several of whom have lost their homes and who have been temporarily displaced. Our L.A. YWIN chapter is also supporting their local community.
Your generous donation will directly support those in need.
1. Push back on discriminatory bills that harm trans and intersex women
Congress will soon vote on discriminatory bills to ban transgender and intersex women and girls from participating in women’s and girls’ sports, shutting them out from the benefits that playing school sports offer, like building community, leadership skills, and self-confidence. Click here to email your members of Congress and urge them to vote no on H.R.28/S.9.
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Jewish Women International was the first Jewish organization to support the Equal Rights Amendment, first proposed in 1923.
Click here to join us and allied organizations in urging President Biden to publish the Equal Rights Amendment before he leaves office.
The ERA would enshrine gender equality in the constitution, and this action would provide a backstop against the erosion of gender equality, including adverse court rulings.